When might the Rideau Canal open? A look at the numbers ottnews
Preparations are underway for Winterlude, which begins Feb. 3, and while in-person activities are back, including Snowflake Kingdom in Jacques-Cartier Park, the canal is one of the main attractions for the annual winter festival.First opening date: Jan. 18, 1971Earliest closing date: Feb. 13, 1984Shortest skating season: 16 days, 2015-16 There have been 25 skating seasons where the Rideau Canal Skateway opened in December, but a pre-New Year opening date has become increasingly rare.
The skating season has opened before Jan. 1 only six times since the 1995-96 season, compared to 19 times before that. The skateway opened in December 11 years in a row between 1971 and 1983 and had a six-year December opening streak from 1988 to 1993. In the canal's first 26 seasons, the median opening date was Dec. 27. In the 26 years since the 1995-96 season, the median opening date has been Jan. 10. Across all 52 skating seasons, the median opening date is Jan. 1. In terms of our opening date, we’re not off track. In recent years, our average opening date has been in mid-January.
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